Edgar Neville
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Edgar Neville Romrée,
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of Berlanga de Duero (28 December 1899 – 23 April 1967) was a Spanish playwright and film director, a member of the
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Biography

Neville was born in
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but lived in
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in the 1930s, in the period of the dubbed Spanish versions of the studios' English-language films. He wrote dialogue for MGM's Spanish language films, and won acclaim for his script adapted from George Hill's ''The Big House'' (1930). During the
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, Neville made a few short propaganda films for the
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side. He also made three movies in Rome. The films he directed in the 1940s and 1950s mixed realism and
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, but did not perform particularly well at the box-office. He was captain of the Spain men's national ice hockey team at the 1924 Ice Hockey European Championship and also played at the 1926 Ice Hockey European Championship.


Family


Parents

His father was Edward Neville Riddlesdale, an English engineer who was director of his family's engine company in Spain (Julius G. Neville & Co, Liverpool, later the Anglo-Spanish Motor Company). His mother was Mary Romrée y Palacios, daughter of Count and Countess de Berlanga de Duero, a title he would later inherit.


Marriage

Edgar Neville married Ángeles Rubio Argüelles y Alessandri. Their son, Raphael Neville, Count of Berlanga de Duero (11 August 1926 – December 1996) was a painter who, in 1958, created a seaside resort in
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, called " Porto Rafael". Upon his return to Spain, Neville directed ''La señorita de Trevélez'', and it was hailed one of the best films of its time. Raphael was also involved in establishing Puerto de Mogan as a tourist destination. https://web.archive.org/web/20100327073435/http://www.laveneciadecanarias.net/ingles/creador.htm


Filmography

*''El presidio'' (''The Jail'', 1930) * '' Take Me to Hollywood'' (1931) *''Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, o La vida privada de un tenor'' (1934) * '' The Wicked Carabel'' (1935) * '' The Lady from Trévelez'' (1936) *''Juventudes de España'' (1938) * '' Bound for Cairo'' (1935) *''La ciudad universitaria'' (1938) *''Vivan los hombres libres'' (1939) *''Carmen fra i rossi/Frente de Madrid'' (1939) *''Santa Rogelia'' (1939) *'' Madrid Carnival'' (1941) *''Sancta Maria'' (1942) *''La parrala'' (1942) *''Correo de Indias'' (1942) *''Café de París'' (1943) *'' The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks'' (1944) *'' Carnival Sunday'' (1945) *'' Life on a Thread'' (1945) *'' The Crime of Bordadores Street'' (1946) * ''
The Bullfighter's Suit ''The Bullfighter's Suit'' (Spanish: ''El traje de luces'') is a 1947 Spanish drama film directed by Edgar Neville and starring José Nieto and José Prada. The film is set in the world of bullfighting and presents a more downbeat view of the sp ...
'' (1947) *'' Nada'' (1947) *''El marqués de Salamanca'' (1948) *''El señor Esteve'' (1948) *'' The Last Horse'' (1950) *''Cuento de hadas'' (1951) * '' Devil's Roundup'' (1952) *''
Flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...
'' (1952) *''La ironía del dinero'' (1955) *'' The Dance'' (1959) *'' My Street'' (1960)


Novels, plays and other writings

*''Don Clorato de Potasa'' (1929) *''Margarita y los hombres'' (1934) *''El baile'' (1952) *''La niña de la calle del Arenal'' (prologue by actor Jesús García de Dueñas, 1953) *''Torito bravo'' (novella, 1955) *''Mi España particular'' (travel book, 1957) *''La piedrecita'' (play in three acts, 1957) *''Alta fidelidad'' (comic play in two acts, 1960) *''Flamenco y cante jondo'' (1963) *''Las terceras de ABC'' ('' ABC'' articles compendium, published posthumously by Editorial Prensa Española in 1976)


References


Bibliography

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External links

*
Página oficial de Edgar Neville
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Edgar Neville filmography
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